Hempstead High School - Colonial Yearbook (Hempstead, NY)

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Mrs. Gaffga corrects papers while eating lunch. Since the first class in 1897 our faculty has constantly endeavored to provide the best for students of H. H. S. Many teachers devote extra time after school and often week-ends advising and coaching co-curricular activities. It is real- ized by our faculty that these activities play a very important part in the development of per- sonality and democratic traits; therefore this phase of school life is taken very seriously, and K. Abshire learning to use the card catalogue from Mrs. Cullen. offered in keeping with our age of rockets and satellites. The aesthetic values are also important here at Hempstead. Music, art and drama are in- tegral parts of our school's curriculum. The fruits of these departments are often presented at concerts, displays, and presentations.

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Barbaro Giganti Secretary Flora Gunnerson Citizenship Education Gertrude Gunther Language Martin Lind Science Lois Linn English Robert Hayes Chairman, Mathematics Dept. Mathias Helbach Business Harrison Hodges Music Harold Lints Science Anne MacDougall Counselor Ruth Hoekstra Dean of Girls Carl Holtz Mathematics Louise Hueston Registrar Maryann Maffei Secretary Bernice Marshall Citizenship Education Helen Ignelzi Language Charles Jelicks Industrial Arts Margaret Jones Business Esther McQueen Music John Menza English Ruth Joyce English Robert Keenan Mathematics Paul Krause Physical Education Jane Merrick Secretary John Mills Citizenship Education Marguerite Kufe Physical Education Gerald Lacombe Mathematics Kenneth Lawson Business Olvin Mills Business Wilbur Monsell Industrial Arts Dr. Edna Layton Mathematics Willard Leusch Language Maurice Levin Science Matthew Murphy English Andrew Navarra Language

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students are always encouraged to participate conscientiously. Many members of our faculty have helped or inspired us to proceed in various vocations. Others have guided us towards a suitable school of higher education and assured us the oppor- tunity of preparing for a specific field. As this year’s Seniors of '58 now leave Hempstead High the memories of classes, clubs, Miss Abbott utilizing a spare moment to correct exam papers. Miss Ford helps H. Golden with an English composition. As Mr. Lawson looks on, V. Timer demonstrates correct procedure in Business Arithmetic. and sports will always remain with us. When in the future we look back at our youth we shall never forget the sincere and guiding in- terest of our faculty in leading us through four of our most memorable years. ‘‘For him the Teacher's chair becomes a throne. —Longfellow.